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Leroy H. Imus Park

Leroy H. Imus Park from directly overhead

Leroy H. Imus Park is a park in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Oakland Heights Landfill stands 388 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Kenneth L. Wolf Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail passes 9.3 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates42.57102, -83.01280
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
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Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens: 58
  • Hope Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Friendship Community Garden: 3.9 mi
  • MCC Center Shrubbery Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Center Line Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Shadbush Master Gardens: 6.3 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Secret Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Eastwood Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Baypoint Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Kingswood Stream Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Accretion Beach: 12.9 mi
Peaks: 12
  • Mt. Sheldon: 11.6 mi
  • Fibber Mountain: 11.7 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 14.5 mi
  • Mt Tom: 14.9 mi
  • Oakland Heights Landfill: 15.0 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Main picnic site: 9.6 mi
  • Otter picnic site: 9.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Grove: 9.6 mi
  • PlayVenture picnic site: 9.6 mi
  • Red Panda Picnic Site: 9.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Former Richmond Rest Area 910 - CLOSED: 19.0 mi
  • Adair Rest Area 909: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Leroy H. Imus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oakland Heights LandfillNW 308°388 m15.0 mi
Grampian HillsNNW 330°375 m19.4 mi
Pine KnobWNW 303°367 m21.7 mi
Bald MountainNW 311°351 m14.5 mi
Twombly MountainNNW 348°349 m19.0 mi
Mount JudahNW 304°345 m17.5 mi
Waterford HillWNW 296°342 m22.4 mi
Fibber MountainNNW 334°302 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0719:44
June solstice05:5520:3121:14
September equinox07:2018:5419:31
December solstice07:5916:1717:02

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252635465768727063524030
Precip in2.21.72.43.43.63.33.83.73.22.82.62.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Clemens ANG Base, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard51 obs
  • White-tailed Deer40 obs
  • common pawpaw40 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel29 obs
  • American Toad27 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort22 obs
  • garlic mustard21 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle21 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/699143822

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